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Freezing Liver Tumors During Open Surgery

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 47381

Destroys one or more tumors in the liver by freezing them during an open operation, with the abdomen opened so the surgeon can see and handle the liver directly. Probes are placed into each tumor and extreme cold kills the tissue, which the body then clears away over time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing Liver Tumors During Open Surgery cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,380 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,514 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,089
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

West Virginia· 48th of 51

$1,514

CA $3,631KY $1,479

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.